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Small, portable platform or box used to elevate a camera, object, or person in order to improve a television shot; also called apple. A half apple is used when the desired height is lower than that achieved by use of a riser or apple.

1. The vertical face of a stair step.
2. Any upright face, as of a seat, platform, etc.
3. A platform on the stage of a theater or concert hall on which a performer is placed.
4. A water-supply, drainage, gas, steam, or vent pipe which extends vertically, one full story or more, to service several branches or a group of fixtures.
5. An electrical cable which extends vertically, one full story or more, to distribute electrical power to electric panels on the different floors of a building.
6. A duct, which extends vertically, one full story or more, to distribute air to branch ducts on the different floors of a building.
7. A vertical supply pipe for a fire sprinkler system.

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For a list of words related to riser, see:

• Building and Machine Parts - riser: vertical part of stair
• Parts of Rooms - riser: series of long, narrow platforms that are combined like steps for group of spectators or performers
• Structural and Decorative Elements - riser: upright member between stair treads
• Stagecraft, Production, and Dramatic Structure - riser: stairlike theater seating or stage area

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - person, der står tidligt op, stigrør

Nederlands (Dutch)
verticaal deel van een traptrede

Français (French)
n. - lève-tôt/-tard, contremarche

Deutsch (German)
n. - Aufsteher, Setzstufe, Steigrohr

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αντιβαθμίδα, ποδιά/μετόπη βαθμίδας, αυτός που ξυπνά (π.χ. νωρίς)

Italiano (Italian)
ribelle, montante

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aquele que se levanta

Русский (Russian)
тот, кто просыпается и встает с постели

Español (Spanish)
n. - contrahuella de escalera, tubo de subida

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sättsteg i trappa, morgontidig person

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
起床者, 叛乱者, 起义者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 起床者, 叛亂者, 起義者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 일어나는 사람, 반도, 폭도

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 蹴上げ, 起きる人, 起きるのが…の人, 起床者, 暴徒, けこみ板

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المستيقظ من النوم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פני המדרגה, גובה מדרגה, קם, מתעורר, מגבה (במצנח), צינור אנכי לזרימת נוזל, מישור נמוך על הבמה ,באולפן וכו'‬

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